Community Service
Accreditation, Credit and Disclosure Statements
For Jointly Sponsored Activities
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ – 1 hour
Credit Statement: The Southern Regional AHEC designates this live activity for a maximum of (1 credit) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the North Carolina Medical Society through the joint sponsorship of the Southern Regional AHEC and Village Family Dental. The Southern Regional AHEC is accredited by the NCMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Disclosure Statement: The Southern Regional AHEC adheres to ACCME Essential Areas and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty/planning committee members and commercial relationships will be made known at the activity. Speakers are also expected to openly disclose a discussion of any off-label, experimental, or investigational use of drugs or devices in their presentations.
Village Family Dental believes in giving back to the community we serve. We are involved in several charitable projects. Below are just a few of those.
Mission Trip to Nicaragua
Village Family Dental is involved with several missions throughout the year to Granada, Nicaragua. The group takes everything needed for the trip – instruments, tooth paste, toothbrushes, antiseptic, filling materials, and gauze – all of which were donated. The value of the supplies was about $5,000. Donations came from Patterson Dental Co., Sullivan Schein Co., Crest, Colgate, Caulk Inc. and Valley Pediatrics.
The missionary program, Cristo Sana, was founded in 1992 in New Orleans through the support of the Archdiocesan Society for the Propagation of Faith. Cristo Sana was the brainchild of a group of doctors, nurses, other health-care professionals and volunteers seeking opportunities to work with underprivileged people in a developing nation. The program pairs missionaries with Nicaraguan counterparts so that each can “observe, assist, and teach when invited”. It also ensures that equipment and supplies are provided.
In addition to treating patients, a preventative program has been established, and one of the goals is to teach endodontics (root canals) and other specialty procedures to Nicaraguan dentists. The Nicaraguan dentists are well trained and knowledgeable, but their facilities are lacking. The lack of money and with Novacain as the only option for anesthesia, most diseased teeth are pulled rather than restored.
Over 100 children have had their teeth restored or received other treatment from our group at the free clinic. Dr. Faith McGibbon estimates that each dentist performed about $3,000 worth of services per day. Village Family Dental sponsors the trip, which cost between $1,200 and $1,500 per person. The participants also volunteered their vacation time for the project.
The Fayetteville Observer contributed to this story. Click here to read the full article
The Care Clinic
Village Family Dental takes pride in serving patients from The CARE Clinic. These patients are hard-working individuals who make too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough money to afford dental insurance. We see a few patients every week at each of our offices for free dental services.
The CARE Clinic was established in September 1992 when Sister Jean Rhodes utilized a $10,000 operational grant from the Catholic Social Ministries of the Diocese of Raleigh to set up a free health clinic. Through several grant awards and a capital campaign effort, a building at 239 Robeson St. was renovated. The clinic was dedicated on November 14, 1993 and opened its doors for service to uninsured/low income residents of Cumberland County on November 16, 1993.
For more information, please visit the website:
www.thecareclinic.org
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